To the
plethora of writeups for this
linguistically
ambiguous word, I add one more piece of
pop-culture trivia.
"Chunk" was also the
nickname commonly used to reference Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen in the
1985 teen-flick,
Goonies. Portrayed by actor
Jeff Cohen, Chunk was the
roly-poly, generally
jovial kid in the film (even when incessantly teased), whose
philia-styled
affection for the deformed "
Sloth" was well-documented.
While his own name has faded somewhat into
obscurity over the years, Jeff Cohen's performance in his role as Chunk, has virtually cemented, both visually and culturally, the hilarious-yet-humiliating "
Truffle Shuffle" dance into the collective American mind and
lexicon.
Some assistance for this writeup provided by the
Goonies entry at
IMDB.com